The kick-off meeting of
the Spanish Committee in charge of promoting education and outreach activities
for celebrating the International Year of Light in Spain has been held last week at the ALBA Synchrotron facilities.

The committee is
composed by academic and industrial members from multidisplicinary
knowledge areas related to light: physics, communications and GPS,
environment, cultural heritage or artistic expressions. Participants included Dr. Caterina Biscari, former member of the EPS Executive Committee and director for the ALBA Synchrotron, Prof. María Luisa Calvo, vice-president of the Royal Spanish Physical Society (RSEF) and many others.